Chapter 458: He Jianzhu, Who Holds a Grudge
Hearing the duo’s conversation, Xia Feng narrowed his black eyes. It seemed Peach Blossom Star Lord had pursued them into the Calamity Demon Sea, which was troublesome.
With his current strength, he was no match for Peach Blossom Star Lord.
Perhaps he could throw Peach Blossom Star Lord directly into the Place of Seal, but only if he could even touch him.
The probability of success was unknown.
“Hiss hiss~~” The bone snake on the effeminate man’s waist writhed, its sinister vertical pupils still fixed on Miss Jian Zhu, flicking its tongue.
“I don’t want to waste time on this brat, but it seems that woman is quite delicious~”
The effeminate man stroked the bone snake’s head, his lips curling into an excited arc, his breathing quickening. “My precious is already impatient~”
“You pervert!” Miss Jian Zhu furrowed her delicate brows, patted Xia Feng’s back, and said softly, “My good son-in-law, it’s time for you to show off. Hurry and kill that pervert, he’s an eyesore.”
Xia Feng rolled his eyes, escaped into the Holy Knight Space, and turned to flee.
“?” Miss Jian Zhu’s smooth arms wrapped around his back, and her voice whispered by his ear, “Brat, why are you running? If you’re a man, go fight him!”
“.” Xia Feng realized that the different clone personalities of this woman seemed to have slight variations. The He Jianzhu he met in the garden was more mature and serene, while this He Jianzhu, perhaps due to her younger age, was more lively.
“You’re not afraid of that Bone Snake Man, are you?”
“Pia~~~” A slap landed on his rear, and she said in a deep voice, “Shut up.”
Miss Jian Zhu bit her lip and straightened her waist: “!”
Fine!
Brat, this is the fifth time you’ve spanked my bottom. I’ll write down every single one of these debts in my little book.
If I don’t get revenge for this, I am not He Jianzhu!
Seeing Miss Jian Zhu return to her serene state and purse her lips without speaking,
Xia Feng lowered his hand. He naturally wanted to kill the two of them directly, but as the saying goes, the best strategy is to retreat.
Putting aside the soon-to-descend Peach Blossom Star Lord, just the Bone Snake Man and Spider Man were enough. The former was True Martial Second Realm, and the latter was True Martial First Realm. They were both Calamity Eaters with the Calamity Solution, able to summon bone beasts to attack. Their strength should not be underestimated.
Killing these two would likely take a considerable amount of effort.
Xia Feng was too lazy to entangle with them.
“Brat, you think you can escape?”
The effeminate man’s teasing voice approached. Xia Feng turned back and glanced. He could see a giant bone-white snake that, with each disappearance, would close the distance by at least a hundred meters, rapidly approaching him.
The effeminate man stood within the bone snake’s mouth.
It seemed this was the ability of his bone beast, and it was a spatial ability.
Bone beasts originated from the Calamity Solution. Some Calamity Eaters with stable souls, under the divine blessing of the Bone Face Supreme, offered their souls and bones as sacrifices and fused with the [Fetal Nightmare Beast]—then they could control nightmare beasts.
The fused nightmare beasts would either lose their flesh and only have bones left, or their entire bodies would turn bone-white, hence they were called bone beasts.
This method undoubtedly greatly increased the combat power of Spirit Masters, sometimes being more effective than awakening spirit artifacts.
Therefore, most Spirit Masters who underwent Calamity Assimilation and betrayed the Empire became believers of the Nightmare God.
For this reason, believers of these Bone Face Supremes were also called Bone Controllers or Bone Masters by the world.
However, Xia Feng preferred to call them Beast Masters.
Of course, the term ‘beast’ was a derogatory term for the Nightmare Clan, and the believers of the Bone Face Supremes preferred to call themselves Bone Masters.
The bone snake’s speed was extremely fast. Xia Feng continued to flee towards the Refining God Tower, but even at full speed, he couldn’t shake it off.
The snake lingered far behind. Fortunately, while he hadn’t gained much distance, the gap hadn’t widened either.
“Brat, leave the beautiful woman, and I won’t chase you, how about it?” The effeminate man chuckled from behind.
“Woman?” Xia Feng was stunned for a moment, then realized he was referring to Miss Jian Zhu.
The term “woman” was only used by the Nightmare Clan. It seemed this effeminate man had been thoroughly assimilated by the Nightmare Clan, even changing his speech habits.
Xia Feng patted Miss Jian Zhu’s shoulder, “Woman, he seems to have taken a liking to you.”
“It’s not him who likes me, it’s his bone beast that likes me,” Miss Jian Zhu said softly with some disgust. “That thing originates from the Silver Snake Clan. It likes to burrow into the bodies of other species and devour their flesh from within. It’s disgusting, let’s go quickly.”
But at this moment.
“Miss Jian Zhu, please stop.”
A hoarse, faint voice echoed from all directions. Xia Feng felt a repulsive force, forcing him to slow down.
In the distance, where there was originally nothing, nearly a hundred white vortices suddenly churned, and white figures emerged from them one after another.
These white figures were clad in white trench coats and wore white bamboo woven straw hats, exactly those who had previously surrounded Miss Jian Zhu.
However, there were three before, and now there were ninety-nine!
Only half of their bodies emerged from the white vortices, densely filling the front, above, and below. The blank faces under the straw hats seemed to have gazes, uniformly staring at Miss Jian Zhu.
“!”
Xia Feng couldn’t help but stop.
At the same time, another white vortex appeared not far ahead, and a straw-hatted person also emerged from it. However, this straw-hatted person’s face was not blank white.
Instead, there was a dark vertical slit from the forehead to the chin, which suddenly opened—!
The pupils were blood red, and lines of pure black symmetrical arcs shrank inwards, forming whirlpool-like eyes outlined by lines.
“What are these things?” Xia Feng looked around at the hundred straw-hatted people, his head aching.
“Those with no faces are called [Faceless Ones], and those with whirlpool eyes are called [Bai Nuo]. They are living beings formed by the ability of [Ri Nuo].”
“[Ri Nuo]?” Xia Feng was stunned, feeling like he had heard this name somewhere before.
Soon, he remembered.
Ri Nuo, a traitor, was originally a disciple of the Empire’s Second Gate Pillar, a Tier 7 Sage. After the Imperial Civil War, he betrayed the Empire and disappeared.
“Miss Jian Zhu.”
Bai Nuo, with his hands behind his white robe, floated in mid-air. “My master sincerely invites you to be our guest. Why are you running?”
Miss Jian Zhu ignored him and transmitted mentally to Xia Feng, “Bai Nuo’s ability is very special. Don’t stare into his eyes.”
Xia Feng averted his gaze as instructed, wondering, “So you have a grudge against [Ri Nuo]? But judging by the situation, he doesn’t want to kill you, but capture you alive?”
“Ri Nuo is currently sealed in the Calamity Demon Sea. They want to capture me because I have a way to help him break the seal and leave the Calamity Demon Sea.”
“Sealed in the Calamity Demon Sea?” Xia Feng mused, “So, Miss Jian Zhu, who exactly are you? It sounds like you were quite a big figure before?”
Miss Evil Dragon had previously suspected that He Jianzhu might have been a Star God, but it was only speculation, and she couldn’t be sure.
This woman’s identity was very mysterious.
“Guess! But now is not the time to talk about these things, brat. You’re surrounded.”
“We are surrounded,” Xia Feng looked back. Spider Man and Bone Snake Man had already caught up and were hovering not far behind.
Fighting wolves in front and tigers behind.
This is troublesome, Xia Feng rubbed his forehead, a headache forming.
